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Welcome to the Steeplechase Challenges, some short memoir/writing challenges I’ve designed. They’re easy to do, no sign-up required. Just follow the instructions and be sure to tag it in the title!

STEEPLECHASE CHALLENGE NO. 1: On your blog, create a post describing three events or things you can remember from your early childhood. Tag it: #earlydays

1. The Island

My very earliest memory is from when I was extremely little (probably a little over a year old). It’s more like a still picture than a movie, though. We had an island in the kitchen, once upon a time, in that house in Keller, and I remember playing by it. Sort of. I don’t remember what I was playing with, or what anything else looked like. Just the island, and the floor, which was tile.

2. The Horsefly

Skipping a year and a half, this one comes from the town I live in now. I shared a bedroom with all of my sisters, and I toddled in there one day to find the three of them (plus my two brothers) crowded around one of the beds. Coming up, I almost screamed. An enormous horsefly had landed there (the type with red eyes and grey stripes on the back) and wasn’t moving. They were fascinated, but I was freaked out.

3. Tigger

This last event isn’t really an event – it’s a thing. I had this Tigger (from Winnie-the-Pooh) nightlight/crib clip/music box thing when I was little. I specifically remember that when you pulled his tail, it’d move around gently. Sleep aid? Maybe.

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What I’m Reading…

Haven’t started yet

AKA Dickens Tells A Story But Not Really Because Half The Book Is Him Yammering On About Some Miniscule Detail.

Almost done *sobs* IVANNNN

*snifs* *snifs LOUDER*

I began reading this one on a campout. Finished CotW but still working on WF. Note: do not read while sleeping outside in the vacinity of coyotes. You will find that many unpleasant thoughts show themselves and freak you out.

Halfway through and it’s pretty good.

THE book for animators. It’s very entertaining but is PACKED with info.